diff --git a/packages/server/src/constants/index.js b/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
index ed37e65dce..379cfb8aa5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ exports.BaseQueryVerbs = {
 
 exports.ObjectStoreBuckets = {
   BACKUPS: "backups",
-  APPS: "apps",
+  APPS: "prod-budi-app-assets",
   TEMPLATES: "templates",
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/utilities.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/utilities.js
index cfdbc3b811..db515106c0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/utilities.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/utilities.js
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ exports.upload = async ({ bucket, filename, path, type, metadata }) => {
   const fileBytes = fs.readFileSync(path)
 
   const objectStore = exports.ObjectStore(bucket)
+  await exports.makeSureBucketExists(objectStore, bucket)
+
   const config = {
     // windows file paths need to be converted to forward slashes for s3
     Key: sanitize(filename).replace(/\\/g, "/"),